A Spinose Flower Moth collected in Maryland.
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The Spinose Flower Moth is a coastal species confined to sandy soils (John Glaser).
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A Spinose Flower Moth collected in Maryland.
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| Schinia spinosae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Schinia |
| Species: | S. spinosae
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| Binomial name | |
| Schinia spinosae Guenée, 1852
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The spinose flower moth (Schinia spinosae) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, including New York and Maryland.
The wingspan is about 22–24 mm.
It uses Polygonella as a host plant, and seems to use Polygonella articulata across much of its northern range.[1]